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Running pretty late this morning. Got all the way to the subway and realized I forgot my ID for work. I work in a building with pretty high security. Everywhere you walk, your ID needs to be passed over a sensor to open doors. So it I a real pain in the ass to move [...]

As I just walked into the subway I was struck by how much construction is “being done” on the platform. I put “being done” in quotes because I don’t really see any results. I have been a rider for years now, and have to say that little seems to have been done. There’s lots of [...]

Ladies and gentlemen, I have been on the subway with a Yankee legend, Freddy Sez. He’s the guy at Yankee Stadium with the lucky frying pan and spoon. He’s there combing the stands every game. After I published my post last night I transfered trains, and there he was! Fry pan and all. Anyway, standing [...]

  Yankees 2  Baltimore 3 A fairly good game even though the Yanks were losing the entire game.Anyway, to the subway… What I notice immediately is the number of “subway authorities.”. By that I mean guys in Yankees jerseys that attend aproximately two games a year thus earning them the title “lord of the subway [...]

Today all my loyal SUBWAYblogger readers get a bonus post! [Waiting for the applause to stop] I’m headed up to the Bronx to catch the Yanks vs Baltimore tonight. I am sure there will be plenty to discuss about those trips. So stay tuned for that. Unforunately, I will be going up there with a [...]

Gothamist had an interesting story yesterday. Every now and then, they do an “Ask Goth” feature. This one was about the subway.

“Here is what happened yesterday, which is pretty typical: I was trying to change to the express train from the local, and as we pulled into the station I saw my train across the platform. I was not the only one. There were a whole bunch of us at the door eagerly waiting to leave the train and jump on the express across the tracks. I just happened to be in front, at the door. So anyway, by the time the doors opened, there was a fair-sized guy standing right in the middle in front of the door, with two other people standing at the sides but just blocking enough of the door so that no one could get out.

So I said “excuse me,” and he did nothing. Not a move by anyone. So, having no choice really (I certainly couldn’t back up, there being all those people behind me, and besides, we want the express!) I had to push between the big guy and the others, at which point he LAUGHED AT ME.”

Read the 100+ responses at Gothamist.

Of course, I have a few ideas on how to solve this:

I have an early meeting this morning, so I am “in the system” (as if it were the matrix or something) earlier than normal. But there is something nice about the calm in the early morning. There are less people on board, so I am actually able to sit while I write. It also appears [...]

I just walked down the stairs to the platform at the exact moment my train pulled in. I love that! I feel like the “transit gods” have smiled upon me. “All you suckers [other passengers] stood and waited. Not me! Muaaah ah ahhh” But as cool as I felt, it was quickly dashed away by [...]